Settlement terms Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Urbanisation | The process through which an increasing percentage of a country's population lives in urban areas compared with rural areas |
Industrialisation | The development of an industry on a large or extensive scale |
Brownfield site | A site that is available for redevelopment, and has previously been built on (may be abandoned or underused) |
Greenfield site | Undeveloped land currently used for agriculture or landscape; a blank canvas to developers |
Rural | Associated with countryside; a less densely populated area of a country |
Urban | A more densely populated area consisting of vast human features in comparison to surrounding areas |
Site | An area of ground on which a building or settlement is constructed |
Situation | The location and surroundings of a place |
Central place theory | A theory concerning the number, size and location of human settlements |
Threshold | The level, rate or amount at which something comes into effect |
Range | Area of variation between upper and lower limits |
Sphere of influence | The geographical area in which one settlement is very influential |
Sustainable | Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level |
Migration | The movement of people from one country or locality to another |
Counterurbanisation | The process through which people move from urban areas to rural areas |
Squatter | A person who breaks the law by occupying an ininhabited building or unused land |
Shanty towns or favelas | Slum settlements where poor people are forced to live in poor conditions |
Central business district (CBD) | The main shopping and business centre of a city |
Inner city | The are near the centre of a city |
Suburbs | Residential or mixed use areas that exist either as parts of cities or on the outskirts |
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